Growing Climate Smart Grazing in the Condamine River Basin

Southern Queensland Landscapes is excited to announce the launch of the Growing Climate Smart Grazing in the Condamine River Basin project under the Australian Government’s Regional Delivery Partners (RDP) Program. This four-year initiative is dedicated to supporting landholders across our region build resilience on their properties by improving, protecting, and tracking their natural capital. Natural capital refers to key environmental assets that support both livelihoods and landscapes such as healthy soils, clean water, strong biodiversity, and thriving native vegetation. Strengthening these assets helps build long-term farm productivity and reduce climate risk. 

The project aims to:

• Strengthen climate resilience in agricultural landscapes

• Support new income opportunities for landholders through nature-based solutions

• Create lasting positive environmental and economic outcomes for our region

Through this project, Southern Queensland Landscapes will support landholders in priority areas to take practical steps to enhance the health and productivity of their land including:

• Planting multi-species cover crops to increase soil carbon and fertility

• Planting perennial grasses to increase ground cover

• Restoring bushland and wildlife corridors to improve biodiversity

• On-farm site assessments to provide advice around improved grazing practices

• Supporting on-farm water retention and erosion control

• Measuring and monitoring key natural capital indicators

• Supporting landholders to access future carbon and biodiversity markets

• Implementing appropriate First Nations fire management regimes to mitigate vegetation edge effects and prevent uncontrolled fires

Project Benefits

Supporting Sustainable Practices: Landholders will receive direct support to adopt climate-smart grazing and land management activities aimed at increasing groundcover, improving water infiltration and retention, and restoring soil health.

Cultural and Scientific Collaboration: The project integrates traditional fire management knowledge from First Nations partners with science-based pasture and landscape management, restoring pasture health and reducing bushfire risk.

Building Knowledge and Skills: We are delivering hands-on workshops, field days, and tailored training to build landholder skills and confidence, with a strong focus on supporting access to emerging carbon and biodiversity markets for future income opportunities.

Where It's Happening

The project is focused in the Condamine River Basin, Queensland.

This project is delivered by Southern Queensland Landscapes and is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program.